- Dating to 1611, HGS started as a one-room boys’ school in Oldham, then a small Pennine village, in Greater Manchester. Student numbers grew rapidly and in 1925 it opened a girls’ school. It became fully co-ed in 2023. Among its notable alumni are Professor Brian Cox, the actress Sarah Lancashire and the surgeon Dr David Nott.
- Extracurricular options include sports and instrument lessons as well as the Combined Cadet Force and clubs for esports, anime and Japanese, robotics, and the environment. The school also sends a team to compete in the Moon Camp Challenge, in which students design a space habitat.
- Healthy competition is encouraged through mock trials, school MasterChef and Hulme’s Got Talent. In past years the Young Entrepreneurs team has reached the final of the Side Hustle Initiative.
- As part of its pastoral provision the school encourages the use of the Tootoot app, through which students can report and discuss problems anonymously and receive immediate support.
- Means-tested financial support covers up to 100 per cent of fees in Years 7 and 12. The principal can award scholarships for academic, sporting, musical or dramatic abilities.
Results
A-level 2024 rank: 259
Grade
%
A*
20.1
A
22.3
B
23.7
A*/A
42.4
A*-B
66.2
GCSE 2024 rank: 251
Grade
%
A*/9/8
27.8
A/7
20.7
A*/A/9/8/7
48.5